Description
Finance is everywhere in business. Even if you do not realise it, most activities and outcomes in a business are measured in financial terms. Understanding how decisions are made, how resources are allocated, how your performance is measured, and the financial consequences of your actions will improve your success as a manager.
In your personal capacity and as a consumer, you will make financial decisions when you compare prices of products, when you buy on credit, while banking, when purchasing insurance and when investing in real estate. Studying finance helps make you a smarter consumer and investor.
Summary
This Financial Management Online Short Course will introduce to the world of finance and the concept of financial statements. You will be equipped with skills and knowledge to:
- Analyse the financial performance and position of a business
- Understand financial planning, profit planning and cash flow management
- Contribute to funding and investment decisions
- Interpret financial reports of a business
- Plan and control profits and cash flows in a business
- Manage the liquidity of a firm through the management of inventory, accounts receivable and cash
- Engage in funding decisions for a business
- Engage in investment decisions for a business
Subject Expert
The course has been designed and curated by Brandon Louw.
Brandon is a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for education and training. He is an exceptional facilitator, trainer and lecturer, praised for his ability to make learning both engaging and effective.
Brandon obtained a BCom in Accounting and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the University of Cape Town. Brandon has a wide array of experience in finance. During his postgraduate studies, he was a partner in a successful start-up business, overseeing the financial management of the business. He has further worked in the payroll software industry and has managed the accounting function for a multi million Rand money remittance company. Brandon currently lectures financial management and accounting at Prestige Academy and has previous experience lecturing finance and accounting for Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Vega and Centurion Academy.
Tutor Support
Each of our LCIBS Online courses is assigned its own Online Academic Tutor, who is ready to guide and assist their students throughout their learning experience. The Online Academic Tutor who is assigned to your course is trained to mentor each student to reach their potential and achieve their learning goals. Students can expect their Online Academic Tutor to answer questions, offer advice and provide further clarification on any academic aspects.
Course and Technical Requirements
Basic Requirements:
In order to get the full benefit of and complete this course, you are required to:
- Have a registered email account for notifications and communications
- Have access to a computer/laptop/tablet
- Have a stable internet connection
- Read documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF reader, or similar PDF viewer
- Have access to the Microsoft Office Suite (inclusive of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or Mac OS Pages Application to create and read documents, as well have the ability to export documents into PDF files
- Use the latest version of Firefox/Internet Explorer/Chrome web browser when accessing the Virtual Learning Environment
Additional Requirements:
Certain courses will require that you have additional software applications. These additional software applications will be communicated to you when you register and enrol for the course. Any additional resources that will be required will be at the discretion of the registered student.
How You will Learn
This short learning programme has been designed and curated in manageable learning modules, which include diverse learning assessment activities.
- Access your course notes via the Virtual Learning Environment
- Learn while using our rich-interactive media, such as videos, infographics, gamification tools
- Enjoy the supplementary case-study readings in each module
- Participate and collaborate in discussion forums
- Apply your learnings to self-grading quizzes and continuous assessments
